rename works for me. also: 2.8 just around the corner. I'll have a stab at bug 472968 then.
2.6.15 is out. SRC_URI needs to be updated: -SRC_URI="http://redis.googlecode.com/files/${P}.tar.gz" +SRC_URI="http://download.redis.io/releases/${P}.tar.gz"
Fixed, thanks!